AMA Board Members: Juneau & Haines
Juneau Rochelle Lindley Rochelle Lindley is the Manager of Community and Government Affairs for Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine.
Haines Chairman Jan Hill A lifelong resident of Haines, she’s a past mayor of the Southeast Alaska com- munity and a self-described community servant who advocates passionately for resource development of all kinds to benefit Southeast Alaska in general and Haines in particular She’s a past board member of the Southeast Conference and a current member of the Alaska Alcohol Beverages Commission. an M.Sc. in earth science and 17 years of experience on Alaskan projects. She operates Hi-Viz Consulting and Services LLC from Haines and helped re-estab- lish the local AMA chapter in 2016. Liz is also a board member of Southeast Conference, the regional econom- ic development organization based in Juneau. Away from the office, Liz enjoys painting, adventuring, and playing snare drum in the Haines Marching Band.
Rochelle joined Coeur Alaska in 2020 and brought with her a wealth of varied com- munications, PR, and community en- gagement expertise from both the public and private sector. A born and raised Alaskan and graduate of the University of Alaska Southeast, she is passionate about supporting the unique communi- ties of Alaska. Rochelle lives in Juneau where she spends her time enjoying and exploring the Last Frontier. Rochelle also serves on the board of Alaska Metal Mines and the Resource Development Council.
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ROCHELLE LINDLEY
Vice Chair Liz Cornejo Liz is a mineral exploration business professional with
Cory Ortiz Dr. Cory Ortiz is the Dean of the School of Career Edu- cation at the University of Alaska Southeast. As Dean, Cory
serves as the chief academic officer, oversees Career Education faculty and staff, and provides guidance to the Tech - nical Education Center in Juneau. Pro- grams Cory oversees include heavy-duty diesel, which has an emphasis on mine mechanics. Cory comes from a family of miners. His father and grandfather both
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Ann Quinlan Ann moved to Haines in 1962 from Georgia and worked for many years as a schoolteacher. Several of her past stu- dents and children of her past students now work in the Southeast mines making a good living for their families. Ann’s late husband, Tom, was an early investor with Merrill Palmer on the Palmer Project and he collected memorabilia from the Porcupine Creek mining district of Haines. Ann has an antique Porcupine gold scale for sale if you are interested! Ann is interested in responsible mining and has regularly at- tended Haines Chapter breakfast meetings since they started in 2016. She is an active community volunteer and would like to see a mine developed in Haines if it can be done right. Ann looks forward to learning more about the mining indus- try and contributing as a new board member.
worked at Kennecott Utah Copper for the duration of their careers. Cory, and his Alaska-born wife and two canine com- panions, love the outdoors and find every opportunity they can to enjoy hunting and fishing. Jesse Walker Jesse is Senior Manager, Supply Chain for Coeur Mining, responsible for major procurement support at Coeur’s prop- CORY ORTIZ
erties in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Jesse started with Coeur at the Kensing- ton Mine in 2012, also working at Coeur’s Silvertip Mine in British Columbia before joining the corporate team in 2020. Prior to his career in mining, he worked in construction in Juneau. In addition to AMA’s board, Jesse
James Sage James Sage was born and raised in Haines. He still lives there and raised a daughter and two sons there. He started work on the North Slope right out of high school, then spent a decade working for the Department of Transportation and then 14 years work- ing at Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska. He recently returned to the oil indus- try, working in Prudhoe Bay.
holds a seat on the Juneau-Douglas Ad- visory Committee to the Alaska Boards of Fish and Game and serves on the board of the Juneau Shooting Sports Founda- tion. When he’s not at his desk, he can usually be found on his boat pursuing king salmon in the waters around Juneau. JESSE WALKER
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